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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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