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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

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