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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high student attrition?

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