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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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