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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Abkhazia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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