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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

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