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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning have empowered students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guyana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

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