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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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