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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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