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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

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