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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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