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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning enable students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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