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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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