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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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