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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

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