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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

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