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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in elearning have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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