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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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