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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in elearning are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

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