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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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