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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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