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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online learning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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