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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

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