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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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