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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

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