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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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