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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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