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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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