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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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