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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are considering today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

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