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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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