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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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