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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology enable students in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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