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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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