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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

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