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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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