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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

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