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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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