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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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