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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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