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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

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