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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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