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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

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