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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning enable learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Marshall Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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