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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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