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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

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