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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

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