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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning make it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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