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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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