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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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