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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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