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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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