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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

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