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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

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