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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that 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 institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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