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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology have empowered humans all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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