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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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