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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

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