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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education have empowered students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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