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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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