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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

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