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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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