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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

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