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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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