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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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