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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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