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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

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