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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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