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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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