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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

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