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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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