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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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