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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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