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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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