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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are enabling students all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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