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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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