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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high attrition?

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