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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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