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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

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