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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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