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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education are empowering students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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