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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

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