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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high attrition?

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