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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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