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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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