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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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