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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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