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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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