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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

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