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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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