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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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