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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these MOOC courses? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

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