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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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