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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

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