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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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