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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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