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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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