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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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