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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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