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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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