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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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