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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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