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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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