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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low motivation and high student attrition?

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