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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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