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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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