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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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