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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

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