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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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