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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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