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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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