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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

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