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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

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