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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always 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 issues that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

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