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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

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