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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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