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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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