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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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