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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning are empowering students all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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