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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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