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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

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