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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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