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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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