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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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