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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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