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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning enable learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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