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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

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