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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

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