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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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