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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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