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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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