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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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