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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners 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 many issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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