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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning are enabling learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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