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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

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