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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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