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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

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