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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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