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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education enable students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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