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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning enable humans all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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