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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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