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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are considering now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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