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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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