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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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