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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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