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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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