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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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