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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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