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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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