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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

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