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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online education are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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