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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

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