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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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