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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology enable students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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