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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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