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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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