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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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