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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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