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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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