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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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