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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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