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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

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