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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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