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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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