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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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