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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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