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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

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