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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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