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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning have empowered humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

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