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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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