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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning have empowered students all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

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