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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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