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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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