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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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