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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

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