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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Arizona State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

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