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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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