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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education are empowering people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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