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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Seychelles to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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