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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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