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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bulgaria to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

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