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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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