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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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