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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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