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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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