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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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