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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Navassa Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

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