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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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