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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning are enabling people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

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