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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

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