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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning have enabled humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

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