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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

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