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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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