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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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