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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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