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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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