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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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