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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Vietnam to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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