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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like North Seattle Community College to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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