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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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