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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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