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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Reunion to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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