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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are empowering humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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