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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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