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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ross Dependency to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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