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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

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