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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education enable people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? How can we manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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