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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in electronic educational technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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