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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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