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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

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