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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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