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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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