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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

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