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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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