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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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