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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning are enabling learners all over the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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