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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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