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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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