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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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