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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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