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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education technology are empowering humans all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

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