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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

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