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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

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