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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning have enabled humans all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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