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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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