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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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