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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in elearning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

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