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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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