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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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