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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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