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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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