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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

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