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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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