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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

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