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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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