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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

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