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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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