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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning technology have empowered students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

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