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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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