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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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