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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

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