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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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