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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic educational technology have enabled people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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