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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic education technology have empowered learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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