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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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