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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

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