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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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