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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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