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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

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