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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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