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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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