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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

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