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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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