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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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