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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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