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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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