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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

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