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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

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