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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

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