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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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