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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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