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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

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