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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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