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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

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