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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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