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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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