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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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