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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

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