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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

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