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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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