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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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