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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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