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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

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