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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning have enabled students all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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