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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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