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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning have enabled humans all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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