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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education are empowering people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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