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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning are enabling students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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