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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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