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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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