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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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