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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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