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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education enable learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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