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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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