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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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