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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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