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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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