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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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