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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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