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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

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