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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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