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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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