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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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