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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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