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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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