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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology have enabled humans all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vatican City to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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