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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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