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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

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