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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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