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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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