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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

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