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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education are enabling students all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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