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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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