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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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