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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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