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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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