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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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