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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

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