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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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