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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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