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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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