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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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