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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

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