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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high attrition?

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