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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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