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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

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