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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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