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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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