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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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