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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

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