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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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