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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in digital education technology are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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