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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

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