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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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