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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

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