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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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