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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

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