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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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