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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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