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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

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