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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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