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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education have enabled students all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high attrition?

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