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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

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