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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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