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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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