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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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