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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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