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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Malaysia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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