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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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