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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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