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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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