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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are considering now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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