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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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