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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

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