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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in digital education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

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