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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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