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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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