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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

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