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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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