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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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