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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in digital education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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