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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). Recent gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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