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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

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