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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

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