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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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