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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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