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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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