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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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