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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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