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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology enable students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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