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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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