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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic educational technology are empowering students all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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