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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in elearning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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