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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online learning have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

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