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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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