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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

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