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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily 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 today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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