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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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