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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

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