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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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