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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

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