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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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