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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

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