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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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