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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

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