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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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