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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

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