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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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