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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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