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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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