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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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