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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education have empowered learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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