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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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