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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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