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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

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