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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like San Marino to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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