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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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