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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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