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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses 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. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high attrition?

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