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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

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