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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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