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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

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