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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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