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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

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