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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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