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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

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