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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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