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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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