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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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