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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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