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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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