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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in digital education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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