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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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