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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Ross Dependency to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

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