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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

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