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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

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