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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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