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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning are enabling learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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