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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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