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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Andorra to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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