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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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