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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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