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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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