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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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