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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education make it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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