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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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