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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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