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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high student attrition?

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