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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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