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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

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