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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

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