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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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