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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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