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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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