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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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