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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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