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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

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