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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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