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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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