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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are empowering people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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