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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

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