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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

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