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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

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