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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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