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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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