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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

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