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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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