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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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