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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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