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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning enable learners all over the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

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