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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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