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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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