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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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