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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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