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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

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