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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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