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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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