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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology enable learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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