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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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