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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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