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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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