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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massive open online courses? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

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