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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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