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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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