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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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