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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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