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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Niue to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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