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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic educational technology enable learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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