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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

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