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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic educational technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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