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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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