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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

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