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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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