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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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