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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Emory University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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