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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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