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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

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