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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning make it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

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