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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

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