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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

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