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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology have enabled humans in nations all aver 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. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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