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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like India to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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