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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

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