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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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