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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Aruba to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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