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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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