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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

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