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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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