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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

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