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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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