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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning are enabling learners all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

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