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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning are empowering humans all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like New Caledonia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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