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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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