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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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