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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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