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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

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