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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning enable students all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like New Caledonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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