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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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