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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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