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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

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