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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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