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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

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