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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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