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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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