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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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