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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

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