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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

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