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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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