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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

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