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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning have empowered humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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