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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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