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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

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