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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

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