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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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