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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

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