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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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