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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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