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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education have empowered humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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