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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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