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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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