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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online education technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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