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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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